Slavery
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Canada’s temporary foreign worker program needs reform: MillerA damning U.N. report last week dubbed Canada's temporary foreign worker program as a 'breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery.'CanadaAug 14, 2024
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Canada’s temporary foreign workers subject to range of abuses: UN reportThe final report by a United Nations special rapporteur who visited Canada last year says a power imbalance prevents temporary foreign workers from exercising their rights.CanadaAug 13, 2024
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Emancipation Day in N.S.: A time to reflect on the past – and look to the futureTuesday marked the third annual Emancipation Day in Canada, the anniversary of when the Slavery Abolition Act came into effect across the British Empire in 1834.CanadaAug 1, 2023
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Sask. museum says Juneteenth is an opportunity to educateSaskatchewan's Carol LaFayette-Boyd said Juneteenth is important to Black history: 'When people are educated, they may be better able to not make the same kind of mistakes.'CanadaJun 19, 2023
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Americans celebrate Juneteenth as nation struggles with history of slaveryAmericans across the country this weekend celebrated Juneteenth, marking the relatively new national holiday with cookouts, parades and other gatherings.U.S. NewsJun 19, 2023
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McGill scrubbed from school paper’s name over founder’s legacyA student newspaper at McGill University in Montreal has dropped "McGill" from its name and says it wants the school to do the same.CanadaApr 14, 2023
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King Charles backs research probing monarchy’s ties to slaveryThe issue of the British Empire's slavery links and calls for possible reparations from the monarchy has been growing in the Caribbean.WorldApr 7, 2023
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New USask human trafficking study asks for sweeping system changesAccording to a new study, women and girls in remote and rural areas are most likely to be victims of human trafficking. Researchers say social systems lead women to vulnerability.CrimeJan 23, 2023
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Emancipation Day and its relevance to Canada'There (are) people in this country who fail to recognize that Black people had been here since before Confederation.'CanadaAug 1, 2022
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‘Freedom is a birthright’: Nova Scotia marks Emancipation DayThe federal minister of diversity and inclusion said in the Halifax Emancipation Day ceremony that far too many Canadians don't realize that slavery occurred in Canada.CanadaAug 1, 2022
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